Eggs

Xiphorhynchus flavigaster

• 29 × 21 mm (approx.)
• Clutch: 2–3 eggs

Pure white, glossy, unmarked (genus-typical; not documented for this species in sources I could read).

Sources of information

Size

Hauber, M. E. (ed.), J. Bates & B. Becker 2014. The Book of Eggs: A Life-Size Guide to the Eggs of Six Hundred of the World's Bird Species. University of Chicago Press., p. 383.

Description

Wikipedia, 'Ivory-billed woodcreeper', citing Marantz, C. A., A. Aleixo, L. R. Bevier & M. A. Patten (2020), Ivory-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus flavigaster), version 1.0, Birds of the World (secondary; I could not read BoW itself). States clutch 2–3 and nests in cavities or gaps between Ficus roots.
Agrees with: Skutch, A. F. 1996. Nesting of the Buff-throated Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus guttatus). Auk 113(1): 'pure white, glossy, slightly tapering, almost equally blunt at the two poles'; clutch 2, p. 237; Hellebrekers 1942, Zool. Meded. 24: X. guttatus sororius 'elliptical, glossy. Ground: white. Spots: unmarked', p. 263.
Drawing checked against a photo: Hauber, M. E., Bates, J., & Becker, B. (2024). The book of eggs a life-size guide to the eggs of six hundred of the world’s bird species. The University of Chicago Press..

Shape

Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

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